emphasize

To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).

Verb

  1. To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
    • His two-fingered gesture emphasized what he had told his boss to do with his job.

Origin

Latin, from Ancient Greek – see emphasis.

Forms

emphasizes emphasizing emphasized emphasise

Synonyms

betone highlight stress underscore

Antonyms

de-emphasize downplay

Related

emphasis emphatic

Derived

deëmphasize emphasizable emphasization emphasize everything and nothing is emphasized emphasizer hyperemphasize misemphasize overemphasize reemphasize to emphasize everything is to emphasize nothing underemphasize